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And This Is My Beloved Lyrics by Doretta Morrow, Alfred Drake, Richard Kiley, Henry Calvin

Kismet: A Musical Arabian Night (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1953

[THE POET]
You'd say his eyes were?
[MARSINAH]
Sometime bright
[THE POET]
But only sometime?
[MARSINAH]
Often dark
[THE POET]
Well, that is plain!
[MARSINAH]
Plain words can't tell the thrill!
[THE POET]
Then tell it how you will
[MARSINAH, THE POET, CALIPH & WAZIR]
Dawn's promising skies (You'd say her eyes were?) (Sometime bright)
Petals on a pool drifting (But only sometime?) (Often dark)
Imagine these in one pair of eyes (Not very clear!) (Mere words cannot convey!)
And this is my beloved! (Then try another way) (Strange spice from the south) (You'd say his smile was...?)
Sometime gay (Honey through the comb sifting) (But only sometime?)
Often sad (Imagine these on one eager mouth) (Sad smiles are strange!)
He can be very strange (This takes imagining!) (And this is my beloved!) (So?)
I hope he'll never change! (And when she speaks?) (Ah!) (And when he talks to you?)
Ah! (Music!) (Music!)
Mystery! (Mystery?) (And when she moves?)
(And when he walks with you?)
Paradise comes suddenly near! (Paradise comes suddenly near!) (It's clear, it's love!) (I fear this love)
All that can stir (All that can stir) (I'll find your love!) (All Highest One)
All that can stun (All that can stun) (I promise you I will!) (I offer so much more!)
All that's for the heart's lifting (All that's for the hear's lifting) (Those eyes should never cry!) (Hopeless!)
Imagine these (Imagine these) (For every man)
In one perfect one (In one perfect one) (With all my heart I'll try!) (There's more than one! We'll wait!)
[CALIPH]
And this is my beloved!
[MARSINAH]
And this is my beloved!
Dawn's promising skies
Petals on a pool drifting
Imagine these in one pair of eyes
And this is my beloved
Strange spice from the south
Honey through the comb sifting
And when he speaks
And when he talks to me
Music! Mystery!
And when he moves
And when he walks with me
Paradise comes suddenly near
All that can stir
All that can stun
All that's for the heart's lifting
Imagine these in one perfect one
And this is my beloved!
And this is my beloved!
Credits
Doretta Morrow

Doretta Morrow

Alfred Drake

Alfred Drake

Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

Henry Calvin

Henry Calvin

About “And This Is My Beloved” by Doretta Morrow

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